Re: Attendance

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>"Michael A. DiZio" wrote:
>
>>
>> I said  basically the same thing the other night to thunderous agreement
>> from my fellow listers.
>> Maybe with Toine's talent comes stubbornness. He continues to do the full
>> court coast to coast thing where he loses the ball 90% of the time. He also
>> refuses to apply fakes in the paint when he is in close, allowing himself
>> to get blocked a lot. I guess as long as he gets his shot attempts  he
>> doesn't mind shooting 40%.
>
>I think the "blocks" have a lot to do with him not getting calls for fouls.  On
>some of these plays he clearly was hacked, held and pushed, but got no calls.
>Meanwhile, Coleman runs over his defender and gets a foul called on the
>Celtics.  Fortson wraps up someone and gets an intentional/hard (whatever) foul
>called.  On the other end, some Celtic got tackled and leveled, with no such
>call.  The Hornets clearly got the refs favoritism.  I don't know about at
>Boston, but it was so in Charlotte.
>
>To our Boston members who go to games, do we get the calls there?  I suspect
>that Toine doesn't even get them there.
>


Referees don't lose game (rarely if ever).  They don't miss shots.  Turn the 
ball over.  Miss foul shots, etc....  There was a time when the C's got all 
the calls (in the eighties, so all the losing teams complained)  Winning teams 
get calls, star players get calls (Jordan,Magic, Bird Malone etc etc...) 
Losing teams have to get better and earn more respect from the refs.  Right or 
wrong this seems to be the case.  In a perfect sports world the call would be 
made that are correct.

Rich,,,
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>Bentz Kirby
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